On 3/22/07, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello
We just had a discussion on the users list here about the NeoOffice
fork...
after which it sounds a bit false to simply sing the praises of the
latter.
I was not involved in your discussion. If I were, I would be on the
pro-Neo
side, as I have been for years.
For years, the "very enthusiastic" (sic) Mac port team has done a lot of
talking with zero results.
Whenever a true Mac-Native Aqua port of OpenOffice.org (tm) without X11
becomes available, I'll use it, and I will tell the world to use it.
Until
that day, I will use and promote NeoOffice. If someone goes through the
hell to install X11, digging out the Tiger install discs that most users
have never opened, much less used, or finding the download on some
obsecure
page for 10.3 users, (which, searching for a download is the first thing
most people do when having to install something weird - not digging out
the
CDs/DVDs that came with your computer)....
Why should users have to do nay of that? NeoOffice has been offering
Mac-Nativity for at least 4 years that I am personally aware of -
probably
longer than that. Why can 2 guys in their spare time do 4 years ago
what
the entire of OpenOffice.org and Sun Microsystems hasn't been able to
do in
as many years with full time employees?
Look at the download page. Has anyone from Sun or OOo looked at it on
a Mac
looked at it?
I did. Here's what I saw.
http://chad78.justfree.com/Port2Mac/OOo4Mac.html
Just a tip - when making a page for Mac users - don't test view it on
Windows IE.
Whatever may be the history of relations between developers of OOo and
NO, I
can't say that I'm all that pleased with the so-called advantages of NO
over
OOo. The 'native' character is little more than a distance of a few cm
between the location of the top level menu. The all-over look and feel
is
not really what I as a Mac-user would call Aqua, and in the fast
development
of OOo, NO is lagging behind several versions.
I'm looking forward to the native OOo version for Mac that will
probably
toll the bell for this rather unfortunate spin-off product.
I'd advise avery Mac user to go through the motions of installing X11
(that
are really peanuts, you only need to take a look at the install how-to)
and
maybe try to contribute to a swift transition to the Aqua OOo by
reporting
bugs, problems and possible solutions to the very small but
enthusiastic
Mac
porting team.
Enjoy!
--
Guy
using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 3 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
and dutch OOo 2.2 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger
-- please reply only to [email protected] --
Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
--- Chad Smith
http://www.chadwsmith.com/
